Angle-bar for rail-joints



W. E. GAUNTT.

ANGLE BAR FOR RAIL JOINTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24,1920- I I ,374,4-97, I Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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ATTORNE'Y.

. W.. E. GAUNTT.

ANGLE BAR FOR RAILJOINTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1920.

1,374,497; Patented Apr. 12,1921,

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' ATTORNEY.

V UNITED TA-res NroF icE;'

WALTER E. GAUNTT, o'rrnvn H'I'IIL, KENTUCKY.

' ANGLE-Ban FOR RiiIL-zronv'rs.,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. GAUNTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pine Hill, in the county of Rockca's'tle and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Angle- Bars for Rail-Joints; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.-

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, relatively inexpensive and efficient means for forming a joint between the, adjacent extremities of railway rails, designed to minimize the number of parts or members necessary to secure the rail ends in their proper relation and also to reduce the cost of production and the operations necessary to arrange the device in proper engagement with the rail ends, so as to economize time in that respect, and also to provide a device for the purpose indicated which may be used generally both on curves and straight lines of tracks without requiring special construction or manipulation to suit the particular location, and with these objects in view, the invention consists in a construction and arrangement of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of a rail joint having an angle bar constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same.

: Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figs. & and 5 are detailed perspective views of the members of the angle bar or joint detached. 2

' Fig. 6 is a similar view of the wedge.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the rail ends to'show the opening formed therein for engagement with the lug carried by one of the members of the angle bars.

The device is illustrated in connection with the adjacent rail ends 10 and consists essentially of the complemental angle members 11' and 12, of which the latter is provided with a base 13 having a depending boss or enlargement 14 in which is formed a horizontal guide or socket 15 for the reception of a tongue 16 carried by the angle members 11 and projecting horizontally beneath the plane of the base 13 and engaged by a wedge 17 extended through a vertical drift Specification of Letters Patent.

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- 'Appli'cation filed April 24, 1920. Serial No. 376,339.

guide for the .tongue is providedwith a' shoulder-20 against which the inner edge of the wedge bears, and said wedge is provided;

Ollening 18 rmed in registration withai with a plurality of transverse perforations 21, for engagement by a locking pin 22,:

preferab'lyvof the split key type adapted for arrangement in contact with the under surface of the boss or enlargement adjacent to said shoulder. The plurality of perforations in the wedgeprovides for the engagement of the pin under such conditions as to hold the wedge in any adjustment to which it may be drlven in tightening the joints, said wedge therefore servingas the key to insure drawing the angle members into snug contact with opposite side surfaces of the rail ends. The upstanding portions of the angle members preferably project to the under surface-of the rail heads or treads andone of the members is provided with a plurality, l

of'lugs 22 projecting transversely for em .gagement with openings 23 formed in the rail ends and serving the purpose of the p111 rality of bolt openings ordinarily employed in this connection when fish plates are used vfor contact with opposite side'surfaces of the rail end. Thelimited length of the angle members and the fact that no chair or base plate is required in-connection therewith, adapts the device to be used upon curves as well as upon straight portions of the track, and it will be observed in addition to the two angle members the only movable part is the wedge key which may be readily inserted and locked, so that-the application of the device to the joint maybe effected with facility and without the expenditure of time ordinarily employed in forming rail joints.

The edges of the angle membersare provided with notches 241 for engagement by the spikes 25 which serve to secure the same to the ties 26, and the openings in the rail ends are made of sufficient diameter to per- 'mit of the necessary-movement thereof to compensate for contraction and expansion incident to changes in temperature.

Having thus described my invention, -what I claim is V 1. A rail joint comprising complemental sections to grip the rails, one of the sections 11o having a base on which the rails rest and an enlargement depending from thesame P and having a transverse slot therethrough, said enlargement having a recess, said recess extending vertically and also completely through'the section, the other section having a tongue disposed in the slot provided with an eye in registry with the recess, and fastening means cooperating with the recess and eye. 2. i rail joint comprising complemental sections to grip the rails, one of the sections having a base on which the rails rest, said section being enlarged and bifurcated with the recess disposed vertically, flanges at the bifurcation, a tongue on the, other section underlapping the base and supported by 15 said flanges, and having a slot in registry with the recess, a Wedge in said recess and slot, said wedge having a diagonally disposed row of transverse openings, and a locking pin for selective insertion in said 20 openings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER E. GAUNTT.

Witnesses;

S. F. BoWMAN, J. L. MCHARGUE. 

